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J. CARR.

POOL BALL RACK. No. 286,114. Patented Oct. 2, 1883.

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A UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEQ.

JAMES CARR, OF SYRACUSE, NEV YORK.

POOL-BALL RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,114, dated October2, 1883,

Application tiled Mayl, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs CARR., a citizen ofthe United States, residingat the city of Syracuse, iu the county of Onondaga and the State of NewYork, have invented a rack for pool-balls and a triangular case providedwith teeth for removing the balls therefrom, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in racks for pool-balls and atriangular case with teeth to remove the balls from the rack; and theobjects of my invention are to remove the balls from the rack to thetable, ready for use in an expeditious and convenient manner. I attainthese objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings,in

whichM Figure l is a plan view ofthe rack upon the wall with pool-ballsplaced in different parts ofthe same. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of thetriangular case or box provided with teeth and base-board. Fig. 3 is avertical section of a part of the rack and case'or box, showing theoperation of removing the balls from the rack; and Fig. 4 is a sectionof Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer to similar out the similar views.

The rack A is provided with the desired number of equidistant pegs orpins b b, with a slight incline upward, forming an angle to retain theballs O O, when placed in the rack during the progress of the game. Thecase or box B is triangular in shape, having bottom and side pieces withbase-board a a., except upon one side, which has the teeth l to 8. Thebaseboard a (t extends up about one-half of the width of the sidepieces, (see Fig. 4,) and keeps' the balls away from the top part of theside pieces, and the teeth are fastened to the side of the case or boxequidistant and at a parts through Adecline to the bottom of the box.

The operation of my device is as follows: I take the case or box B and,placing the teeth below the bottom row of the pegs or pins, move itupward, and the balls are transferred from the rack to the case. (SeeFig. 3.) I then place the rack upon the pool-table, and,

taking the triangular form used to arrange the balls upon the table,place it upon the case or box B, the edges of the form resting upon thetop of the base-board a a and outside of the pool-balls, and thendrawing the form forward over the teeth l to 8, I remove the balls fromthe ease or box to the table and they are set ready for use. The pegs orpins may be set at different angles or be left straight, with heads toretain the balls, and likewise the teeth may be at different angles orsubstitutes used therefor; but' I prefer to carry out the features of myinvention in the manner shown, because simple and in every waysatisfactory.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim isf I. The rackA, provided with the pegs or pins b b, in combination with thetriangular case or box B, provided with the teeth l to 8, and thebase-board o a, and the balls `b b, to

transfer the balls from the rack to the box, as

shownband for the purposes specified.

2. The equidistant teeth l to 8, attached to the ease or box B, incombination with the box B, the rack A, provided with `equidistant pegsor pins b b, and the balls C C, to remove the balls to the case or boxfromv the rack, as shown, and for the purposes specified.

3. The triangular case or box B, having the teeth l to 8, and thebase-board a a., in combination with the rack A, having pegs or pins!)b,

and the balls O O, to remove the balls from the rack to the box andtable, as shown, and for the purposes specified.

4. The base-board a a, fastened to the sides ofthe triangular case orbox B, in combination with the box B, having the teeth l to 8, the rackA, provided with pegs or pins b b, and the balls C C, to allow thetriangular form to be placed outside the balls and remove them to thetable, as shown, and for the purposes speci- Lied.

JAMES CARR.

Titnessesz M. F. SHERLOCK, HOMER WESTON.

